A Prezi Guide to an Effective School – The Reflective Student, Teacher and Principal

Reflective School

This week I'm presenting at the "Teaching and Learning Conference" in Amphitheater SD (Tucson AZ). Next week, I will keynote at the "Rigor, Relevance and Relationships Leadership Conference" in Cyprus-Fairbank ISD (Houston TX).

To visually introduce my taxonomy, I created the Prezi presentation below. Click on the arrow at the base of the Prezi to navigate. Then click "More" to view full screen or embed.For a direct link to this Prezi click here.

14 Comments on "A Prezi Guide to an Effective School – The Reflective Student, Teacher and Principal"

Carl,
Glad to hear you “took the leap.” Dr. Bonds told me it was very impressive. I’m looking forward to working with all the SAISD teachers this week. Be sure to bring you laptop so I can see your Prezi!
Cheers,
Peter

Hi Amanda,
Glad you liked the Prezi. Formative is the way to go. Much more useful than a post mortem.
You could incorporate some of the reflective prompts from the taxonomy. Follow the link to prompts for students, teachers and leaders here.

Thanks, Peter. I just read your section on classroom walk throughs and am intrigued by this concept. is this anything similar to the instructional rounds model promoted by Harvard Graduate School of Education?

Thank you for this wonderful approach to reflection. We have been working towards helping teachers and studnets be more reflective. I like that it is tied to the taxonomy. Your work will be a great assest. I appreciate your willingness to share.

I was struck by the video of the boy asking for advice on bow drill construction. this is significant in several levels – using digital technology to inquire about ‘primitive’ fire making technique; exploiting digital to reach the global village wisdom to gain this knowledge rather than the immediate environment; and finally being humble and vulnerable about asking help (ok, he did not show his face…).
it is an effective way to use youtube to seek learning. I might even try it myself.

Hi Osnat,
Thanks for sharing your observations. (Frankly I had missed the irony of using modern technology to reach out for help on a primitive skill.) I admire this boy’s initiative in identifying his problem and crafting a way to reach out for advice. It reminds us that learning is social. Unfortunately our schools are obsessed with testing at the individual level – where getting help is “cheating.”
Cheers,
Peter

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